Our library's Archivist, Jennifer Baer Hurl, shared this reflection at this month's Writers' Group session. I was impressed, and asked if I might share this as a post on the library blog. Jennifer presides over our Pennsylvania Room, which houses local history and genealogy resources. Genealogy/local history services have been part of our library since its early days. The Pennsylvania Room wall displays portraits of those who guided those efforts through the years. Peop

I was excited to hear about the return of the Community Yard Sale on August 19. I always thought that was a neat event, with people all...

This year is flying by! I can hardly believe that it's almost August! Amazing! It's also Annual Appeal time. Thank you to everyone who has kindly and generously donated. We appreciate every dollar. We quite literally could not survive without your donations. We must meet state staffing and collection standards in order to receive state aid, but less than a third of our needed funding comes from all the combined state and other government sources -- for the rest, we depe

Join the summer fun at the library! Our Summer Quest program for kids age 2-11 will kick off on Friday, July 7 at 10 AM with a...

Our library is constantly seeking new partnerships for library resources, working together with other organizations to better serve our...

I do believe that our community events newsletter, Got News??, is one of the most popular projects our library has undertaken. I have...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It's a topic some people don't want to talk about, but it's a topic that needs to be addressed. ...

While we love good, old-fashioned paper books, many of us also enjoy the convenience and instant availability of downloaded e-books and...

"There is a book for every reader and a reader for every book ." This quote by S. R. Ranganathan is something every library science student probably hears at some point in their training. One of the things I love about books is how two different people can read the same book, with each having a totally different experience one from the other, and each walking away from the book with a different opinion of what they've read. It's a matter of perspective. Each person has his

As I write this, March is ending, and April is almost here. It's that time of year when things are beginning to grow and bloom. We're...

Have you been to our library lately, or really explored our website? We are always so happy to have visitors! Our staff members always...

As part of our library's mission, we've long been committed to providing "a creative and welcoming environment for children." How we do...

To err is human. No human being or human system is infallible. We all know that. There was a fantastic crowd at this year's Death by...

These are a few of my favorite things : books and chocolate. And cats, but we can't have a cat in the library -- some people are allergic. However, we do have books -- and as I write this, we have chocolate, too! Yes, after missing out for two years due to Covid-19, Death by Chocolate is back!!! If you're not familiar with Death by Chocolate , it is the annual (at least, until Covid-19) chocolate creation contest and auction that our wonderful Friends of the Meyersdale Pub

Meyersdale will celebrate its 150th Anniversary -- Sesquicentennial -- next year in 2024. For 122 of those years, it had a weekly newspaper originally called the Meyersdale Republican, and more lately The New Republic. The New Republic is no more, but a treasure trove of photos and negatives from its past are currently in residence in our Pennsylvania Room. We thank publisher George Menser for his generosity. This is the background behind our newest program, The Way We Were

It seems appropriate to start the new year with a look to the year ahead. The library has some big plans for 2023. Our "Got News"...

This week, we welcome guest blogger Vicki Rock! This was another year of excellent books. These are what I consider to be the five-star books I reviewed this year, listed in order of publication. “A Narrow Door” by Joanne Harris, Pegasus Crime. A body is found at a private school, but the headmaster isn’t in a hurry to call the police. “Something to Hide” by Elizabeth George, Viking. A detective’s murder may be tied to an investigation into crimes against Nigerian girls. “The